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030.0000 Family Pteridaceae E.D.M.Kirchn.; Schul-Bot. 109 (1831)
48 genera, ca. 1350 spp. The family has been split extensively in smaller subgroups, but Smith et al. (2006) and PPG-I argue for keeping them together.
Species listed in database: 1406; hybrids: 68
= Acrostichaceae Mett. ex A.B.Frank; Syn. Pflanzenk., ed. 2, 3: 1458 (1877), nom. rej.
= Actiniopteridaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 17: 5 (1962)
= Adiantaceae Newman; Hist. Brit. Ferns 5 (1840) nom. cons. over Parkeriaceae (1825)
= Anopteraceae Doweld; Tent. Syst. Pl. Vasc. (Tracheophyta) 51 (2001)
= Antrophyaceae (Link) Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16: 11 (1978)
= Ceratopteridaceae Underw.; Native Ferns, ed. 6: 65, 78 (1900)
= Cheilanthaceae B.K.Nayar; Taxon 19: 233 (1970)
= Cryptogrammaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 17: 299 (1963)
= Hemionitidaceae Pic.Serm.; Webbia 21: 487 (1966)
= Negripteridaceae Pic.Serm.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 53: 160 (1946)
= Parkeriaceae Hook.; Exot. Fl. 2: t. 147 (1825), nom. rej. in favor of Adiantaceae
= Platyzomataceae Nakai; Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, 29: 4 (1950)
= Pteridaceae Reichenb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 138 (1837)
= Sinopteridaceae Koidz.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 50 (1934)
= Taenitidaceae (C.Presl) Pic.Serm.; Webbia 29: 1 (1974)
= Vittariaceae Ching; Sunyatsenia 5: 232 (1940)
030.3035 Genus Anthonya Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 15 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, South Africa (mostly), Madagascar, Mascarenes
Species listed in database: 11

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species :
Anthonya bergiana (Schltdl.) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 15 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; E-Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar
23 ZAI 24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZIM 27 SAF SWZ 29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes bergiana Schltdl.; Adumbr. Pl. 2: 51, t. 3 (1832)
= Cheilanthes elata Kunze; Linnaea 10: 542 (1836)
= Cheilanthes streetiae (Baker) Baker; J. Bot. 18: 327 (1880)
= Hemionitis bergiana (Schltdl.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 10 (2018)
= Hypolepis bergiana (Schltdl.) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 2: 67 (1852)
= Hypolepis elata (Kunze) Hook.; Sp. Fil. [W.J.Hooker] 2: 67 (1852)
= Notholaena streetiae Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 204 (1877)
species :
Anthonya ceterachoides (A.W.Klopper & Klopper) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 15 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: South Africa (S-Limpopo)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes ceterachoides A.W.Klopper & Klopper; Ferns S. Afr. Compreh. Guide 747 (2012)
= Hemionitis ceterachoides (A.W.Klopper & Klopper) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 11 (2018)
species :
Anthonya contracta (Kunze) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 15 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes contracta (Kunze) Kunze; Linnaea 23: 243, 307 (1850)
= Cheilanthes contracta Mett.; Fil. Afr. [Kuhn]: 70 (1868), nom. illeg.
= Cheilanthes hirta var. contracta Kunze; Linnaea 10(5): 539 (1836)
= Hemionitis contracta (Kunze) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 12 (2018)
= Myriopteris contracta (Kunze) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 149 (1852)
= Pellaea contracta (Kunze) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 129 (1852)
= Pteris contracta (Kunze) Mett.; Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 3(1) [Aspl.]: 5 (1859)
species :
Anthonya depauperata (Baker) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 15 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes depauperata Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 6: 210 (1891)
= Hemionitis depauperata (Baker) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 13 (2018)
species :
Anthonya dinteri (Brause) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 15 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: S-Angola; Namibia (widespread)
26 ANG 27 NAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes dinteri Brause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 385 (1915)
= Hemionitis dinteri (Brause) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 13 (2018)
species :
Anthonya eckloniana (Kunze) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 15 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Namibia; South Africa (widespread); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 ZIM 27 LES NAM SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes eckloniana (Kunze) Mett.; Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 3(1) [Aspl.]: 22, no. 10 (1859)
= Hemionitis eckloniana (Kunze) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 13 (2018)
= Notholaena eckloniana Kunze; Linnaea 10: 501 (1836)
= Notholaena krebsiana C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 224 (1836), nomen
species :
Anthonya hirta (Sw.) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 15 of 32 (2025)
subspecies :
subsp. hirta
Distribution: Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; S-Botswana; South Africa (widespread); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Mauritius; La Réunion
24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MOZ ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ 29 MAU MDG REU
Synonyms: hidden
= Adiantum afrorum Sw.; J. Bot. [Schrader] 1800(2): 85 (1801) (non L.f. (1781))
= Adiantum hirtum (Sw.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] Suppl. 1: 142 (1810)
= Cheilanthes glandulosa Pappe & Rawson; Syn. Fil. Afr. Austr. 35 (1858) (non Sw. (1817))
= Cheilanthes hirta f. waterbergensis W.Jacobsen & N.H.G.Jacobsen; Bothalia 18(1): 68 (1988)
= Cheilanthes hirta Sw.; Syn. Fil. (Kiliae) [O.Swartz] 128, 329 (1806)
= Cheilanthes hirta var. intermedia Kunze; Linnaea 10: 539 (1836)
= Cheilanthes olivacea Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 156 (1852)
= Hemionitis hirta (Sw.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 15 (2018)
= Myriopteris hirta (Sw.) J.Sm.; Ferns Brit. Foreign 174 (1866)
= Myriopteris intermedia (Kunze) Fée; Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.) 149 (1852)
= Notholaena capensis A.Spreng.; Suppl. Tent. Pterid. 32 (1828)
= Notholaena hirta (Sw.) J.Sm.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 4: 50 (1841)
subspecies :
subsp. brevipilosa (W.Jacobsen & N.H.G.Jacobsen) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 15 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (widespread); Lesotho
27 LES NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes hirta var. brevipilosa W.Jacobsen & N.H.G.Jacobsen; Bothalia 18(1): 64 (1988)
subspecies :
subsp. inferacampestris (W.Jacobsen & N.H.G.Jacobsen) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 15 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 ZIM 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes hirta var. inferacampestris W.Jacobsen & N.H.G.Jacobsen; Bothalia 18(1): 71 (1988)
subspecies :
subsp. laxa (Kunze) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 15 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: South Africa (widespread); Lesotho
27 LES SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes hirta f. laxa (Kunze) W.Jacobsen & N.H.G.Jacobsen; Bothalia 18(1): 65 (1988)
= Cheilanthes hirta var. laxa Kunze; Linnaea 10: 540 (1836)
subspecies :
subsp. nemorosa (W.Jacobsen & N.H.G.Jacobsen) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 16 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: South Africa (Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Limpopo, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
27 LES SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes hirta var. nemorosa W.Jacobsen & N.H.G.Jacobsen; Bothalia 18(1): 69 (1988)
subspecies :
subsp. watermeyeri (Verdc.) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 16 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes hirta var. watermeyeri Verdc.; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Adiant. 36 (2002)
species :
Anthonya hyaloglandulosa (W.Jacobsen & N.H.G.Jacobsen) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 15 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes hirta var. hyaloglandulosa (W.Jacobsen & N.H.G.Jacobsen) J.E.Burrows; S. African Ferns & Fern Allies 138 (1990)
= Cheilanthes hyaloglandulosa W.Jacobsen & N.H.G.Jacobsen; S. African J. Bot. 51(2): 145 (1985)
species :
Anthonya marlothii (Hieron.) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 15 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: S-Angola; Namibia; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, North West)
26 ANG 27 NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes marlothii (Hieron.) Schelpe; Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 74 (1969)
= Hemionitis marlothii (Hieron.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 17 (2018)
= Notholaena marlothii Hieron.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 384 (1911)
species :
Anthonya nielsii (W.Jacobsen) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 15 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (Limpopo, North West, N-Cape Prov.)
27 NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Cheilanthes nielsii W.Jacobsen; Ferns & Fern Allies S. Afr.: 252 (1983)
= Hemionitis nielsii (W.Jacobsen) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 18 (2018)
species :
Anthonya parviloba (Sw.) Windham & Pryer; Taxon 74(2), p. 15 of 32 (2025)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Namibia; South Africa (Limpopo, North West, Free State, S-KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.)
26 ZIM 27 NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Adiantum parvilobum Sw.; J. Bot. [Schrader] 1800(2): 85 (1801)
= Cheilanthes hirta var. parviloba (Sw.) Kunze; Linnaea 10: 541 (1836)
= Cheilanthes parviloba (Sw.) Sw.; Syn. Fil. (Kiliae) [O.Swartz] 128, 331 (1806)
= Hemionitis parviloba (Sw.) Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 19 (2018)
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